JoeyBernhardt
commented
8 years ago Hey @aammd, is there homework for tomorrow's class? I remember you mentioning at the end of class something about updating the README for our repo, but I can't find any details on the website.
Thank you!
aammd
Hi @BIOL548O/all ,
TESTING 1, 2, 3 this is the first post to the course discussion forum!
some background on how this is happening: This is a GitHub issue. Issues are a very useful feature of Github because they facilitate communication. They are most frequently used by software users who want to report a bug or request a feature. However they have other uses: as "to-do" lists to yourself or between collaborators, as announcements, or as discussion forums. It's these latter two functions that we'll be using.
You can open an issue on this repository to ask any question you like. Just go here and click "New Issue".
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:sunglasses: , Andrew